Alan Ladd
John Chandler
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The Proud Rebel is a 1958 American Technicolor Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant. [ 1][ 2] It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the ...
A Confederate veteran and his mute son face prejudice and danger in post-Civil War Illinois. Starring Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger and directed by Michael Curtiz.
- (2.3K)
- Drama, Western
- Michael Curtiz
- 1958-07-01
The Proud Rebel (1958) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Confederate veteran John Chandler (Alan Ladd) returns from defeat in war to find his home razed, his wife dead and his young son, David (David Ladd), traumatized and rendered mute. Desperate to ...
- (1.2K)
- Dennis Schwartz
- Western
- Michael Curtiz
Synopsis. After the Civil War, former Confederate soldier John Chandler brings his ten-year-old son David to Aberdeen, Illinois in search of a doctor. In the office of kindly Doc Enos Davis, John reveals that David, who is otherwise completely healthy, lost his voice after witnessing his mother being killed in a fire.
A confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hatred of the Northern town. Can a proud Rebel find ...
- 104 min
- 131.7K
- Absolute Westerns
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A Confederate veteran and his mute son face prejudice and danger in post-Civil War Illinois. He must choose between fleeing or fighting for his son and a rancher's land.
